Originally Posted by
kochleffel
Is there any chance at all, for ELM-DTW and DTW-MSY on separate tickets, that an agent would refuse to check a bag to MSY? I don't know whether Delta ground service at ELM is staffed by Delta employees, Skywest employees, or someone else.
Well, policy is always what's practiced, not what's written. And all it could take is an (uninformed) agent refusing to check bags across both tickets. But as long as other conditions are met (layover/connection length), policy is to check baggage across separate DL to DL tickets (along with a handful of select "exception" carriers):
https://pro.delta.com/content/agency...e-policy-.html
I would save the above link as a favorite so if you run into an agent who is saying it's not permitted, you can point to them that DL policy says it is permitted (again, as long as your layover doesn't exceed a certain number of hours that would force you to claim your bag regardless of being on separate tickets or the same ticket - I do not know what the figure is with 100% certainty).